Donny day two

Not much to write home about on the punting front yesterday but victory in the pub quiz for our team on the tie breaker after a hard fought draw in the main quiz. The tie-breaker was "How heavy was the biggest shark ever caught?" and there were varying suggestions until one of our number threw in that great white sharks can grow to over 2 tons!

Led by him we put down 3,000lb as the answer, to which there were titters around the pub and plenty of comments like "give over" and "you've got to be kidding." The other side guessed 160lb which again met with "that's more like it" and such like. Well, he who laughs last laughs longest and when the answer came out at 2,300lb we were able to bask is smugness! I would never have believed it I must admit but Big Paul was convinced and that was good enough for us!

Back to the punting however and things are not going well but I am brimming with confidence today over Meeznah in the Park Hill Stakes. She was runner-up in the Oaks, will almost certainly stay this distance and her trainer David Lanigan, in only his third year, is in superb form. She's not raced on ground like this so that's obviously a concern but she is my bet of the week, for what it's worth!

Happy punting!